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    Tag Archives for: "writing story"
     Life is just a box of stories (and writing courses)
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Newsletters, Writing Challenge
    Posted May 3, 2018

    Life is just a box of stories (and writing courses)

    The logic of story Our 14-day coaching programme, The Logic of Story, begins in just four short days on May 7. It explores the ways in which writers can “glue” […]

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     Writing Secrets: What characters want
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Tips for Writers
    Posted February 14, 2018

    Writing Secrets: What characters want

    Even seasoned writers sometimes forget about what characters want. The more we work with writers and their stories, the more I’ve come to realise that “wanting” is the very essence […]

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     Monday Motivation: ‘Mission Impossible’ and the meme of the ticking clock
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted February 12, 2018

    Monday Motivation: ‘Mission Impossible’ and the meme of the ticking clock

    Idly in search of ideas that might amuse and instruct you, I found myself watching one of the interminable Mission Impossible movies, in which the utterly and impossibly intrepid Ethan […]

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     Writing Secrets: Story can’t exist in splendid isolation
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Tips for Writers
    Posted February 7, 2018

    Writing Secrets: Story can’t exist in splendid isolation

    Story exists because of characters – and what those characters want. This was brought home to me again recently by an exercise we set in one of our courses. We […]

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     Monday Motivation: A single, simple premise
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted January 8, 2018

    Monday Motivation: A single, simple premise

    I haven’t seen Lady Bird, winner of one of the top awards at the Golden Globes last night, but I have read the script – and one of its features […]

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     Writing Secrets: Shut up and write – you’re not boring the readers
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    By Jo-Anne Richards
    In Tips for Writers
    Posted November 22, 2017

    Writing Secrets: Shut up and write – you’re not boring the readers

    One of our mentoring participants is busy writing a charming memoir about settling in a small community – trying to make friends and build a meaningful life among the sometimes […]

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     Monday Motivation: Into the clear light of dramatic truth
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    By Richard Beynon
    In All About Writing, Monday Motivation
    Posted October 9, 2017

    Monday Motivation: Into the clear light of dramatic truth

    We’re about to cruise past Torghatten, a mountain on an island a kilometre or two off the Norwegian mainland, and just half an hour south of the Arctic Circle. It’s […]

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     Monday Motivation: Beginnings and Ends
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted May 22, 2017

    Monday Motivation: Beginnings and Ends

    Stephen King said in On Writing that writing a story is a little like digging up a fossil. You spot a fragment of skull protruding from the rock. You carefully […]

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     Monday Motivation: It’s the plumbing, stupid
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    By Richard Beynon
    In Monday Motivation
    Posted May 8, 2017

    Monday Motivation: It’s the plumbing, stupid

    Here’s a thing: I bought a David Baldacci novel this weekend. I’m not sure that I’ve read him before, although it’s hardly possible to avoid Baldaccis in any given airport, […]

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    An impressive congregation of writers gathered for An impressive congregation of writers gathered for the inaugural @booksonthebay literary festival in Simon's Town. Here are some of our top tips from incredible South African writers such as Damon Galgut, @finuala_dowling, @littlegreenlions, Jo-Anne Richards, @janglazewski, @fred_maurice_devries and more http://ow.ly/T3r250No3fg 
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    Are we only interested, as writers, in what is cle Are we only interested, as writers, in what is clear and unambiguous – or should we ferret about in the contested territory between truth and lies? That’s the question Richard explores in this Monday’s Motivation. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2023/03/20/boundries_dissolve/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
    Want to write your story? Escape with us to focus Want to write your story? Escape with us  to focus on your writing and creativity at the beautiful @karooart_hotel. Join us for a memoir weekend and/or a five-day retreat. Joanne Hichens ('Death and the After Parties' @karavanpress ) and Jo-Anne Richards (The Innocence of Roast Chicken @panmacmillansa) will teach you the tricks of the trade and mentor you and provide personal guidance. 

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    In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard interr In this week’s Monday Motivation, Richard interrogates an intriguing argument made by a recent winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in her acceptance speech. https://allaboutwritingcourses.com/2023/03/13/whys-of-fiction/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingtips #adviceforwriters #writingadvice #MondayMotivation #writersofinstagram
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